Kaina Station

Kaina Station (荷稲駅, Kaina-eki) is a railway station on the Tosa Kuroshio Railway Nakamura Line in Kuroshio, Hata District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Tosa Kuroshio Railway and has the station number "TK28".[1][2]

Kaina Station

荷稲駅
Kaina Station in 2010
LocationKaina, Kuroshio-cho, Hata-gun, Kōchi-ken 789-1705
Japan
Coordinates33°07′59″N 133°06′59″E
Operated byTosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s)Tosa Kuroshio Railway Nakamura Line
Distance13.8 km from Kubokawa
Platforms1
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt grade (side hill cutting)
Bicycle facilitiesBike shed
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeTK28
History
Opened18 December 1963 (1963-12-18)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011)31 daily
Location
Kaina Station
Location within Japan

Lines and Trains

The station is served by the Tosa Kuroshio Railway Nakamura Line, and is located 13.8 km from the starting point of the line at Kubokawa.[3] Only local trains stop at the station.[4]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track on a side hill cutting. There is no station building and the station is unstaffed. A shelter is provided on the platform for waiting passengers. A bike shed has been set up near the station entrance.[5][2]

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Nakamura Line
Wakai Local Iyoki

History

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 18 December 1963 as an intermediate station when it laid down theNakamura Line from Kubokawa to Tosa-Saga. After the privatization of JNR, control of the station passed to Tosa Kuroshio Railway on 1 April 1988.[3][6][7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 31 passengers daily.[3]

See also

References
  1. "路線図　四万十くろしおライン" [Route Map Kuroshio Lines] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  2. "荷稲" [Kaina]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 173, 303. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  4. "土佐佐賀駅　発車時刻表" [Kaina Station Timetable TK-28] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  5. "荷稲" [Kaina]. sanyukai.sakura.ne.jp. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  6. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 218. ISBN 4533029809.
  7. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 670. ISBN 4533029809.


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